Popular Girls

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0:00:02 > 0:00:07# Every day you walk down the street Everybody that you meet

0:00:07 > 0:00:11# Has an original point of view

0:00:11 > 0:00:13- # And I say, hey!- Hey!

0:00:13 > 0:00:18# What a wonderful kind of day We can learn to work and play

0:00:18 > 0:00:21# And get along with each other

0:00:21 > 0:00:26# You gotta listen to your heart Listen to the beat

0:00:26 > 0:00:29# Listen to the rhythm of the street

0:00:29 > 0:00:33# Get together and make things better By working together

0:00:33 > 0:00:37# It's a simple message And it comes from the heart

0:00:37 > 0:00:43# Believe in yourself For that's the place to start

0:00:43 > 0:00:48- # And I say, hey!- Hey! - What a wonderful kind of day

0:00:48 > 0:00:53# We can learn to work and play And get along with each other

0:00:53 > 0:00:59# What a wonderful kind of day - hey! What a wonderful kind of day - HEY! #

0:00:59 > 0:01:03- Hey, DW!- Hey...

0:01:03 > 0:01:05Oh...

0:01:08 > 0:01:14During spring vacation, we get a week off school and go to day camp.

0:01:14 > 0:01:19We do lots of fun, new stuff. Our group did Shakespeare.

0:01:19 > 0:01:22Macbeth finds the witches in their lair.

0:01:22 > 0:01:26Macbeth, you're scared. ..Witches, you're scary.

0:01:26 > 0:01:30Hubble, bubble, toil and trouble...

0:01:30 > 0:01:34Buster's group collected cool ancient things.

0:01:34 > 0:01:39"A look at...antiquities."

0:01:39 > 0:01:43CHILDREN GASP IN WONDER

0:01:44 > 0:01:47MUSIC PLAYS

0:01:50 > 0:01:53Prunella's group did clay sculpture.

0:02:02 > 0:02:05How did I end up in THIS group?

0:02:05 > 0:02:09Wait until you see what MY group is doing next!

0:02:10 > 0:02:12Oh, no! Not that!

0:02:44 > 0:02:47You're making musical instruments?

0:02:47 > 0:02:53Sue Ellen says it's easy. Our group will have the best project! Thanks!

0:02:53 > 0:02:56CLANKING AND RATTLING

0:02:58 > 0:03:02- What's that sound, Arthur? - Stuff to make musical instruments.

0:03:02 > 0:03:06You're lucky. At least Sue Ellen likes to do cool stuff.

0:03:06 > 0:03:10Buster and I want to make a futuristic suit of armour,

0:03:10 > 0:03:14but Muffy wants to weave baskets! ALL: Yeuch!

0:03:17 > 0:03:20Wait till I show you how to make instruments!

0:03:20 > 0:03:26It might be good if we read a poem while we played the instruments.

0:03:26 > 0:03:31- No-one would hear the poem over the music.- Oh. I guess you're right.

0:03:31 > 0:03:34OK, here's the stuff from my dad.

0:03:34 > 0:03:39I've made my own home versions of each of these. It's really easy!

0:03:39 > 0:03:42RATTLING

0:03:47 > 0:03:53This is Katherine's stuff! We must have taken each other's backpacks!

0:03:53 > 0:03:57What's this? Popular Girl?

0:03:59 > 0:04:02This is a teenage girls' magazine.

0:04:02 > 0:04:05They have strange and mysterious articles.

0:04:05 > 0:04:11"Get a prom date in 12 days or less." What's a prom?

0:04:12 > 0:04:15- Are you reading Popular Girl? - Not me!

0:04:15 > 0:04:20I can't wait till I'm old enough to know what they're talking about!

0:04:20 > 0:04:24Then I'll be just like that model!

0:04:24 > 0:04:28Hey, is that Popular Science? ..Oh. Never mind.

0:04:28 > 0:04:32Here's a quiz. "How likable are you?"

0:04:32 > 0:04:36Let's take it. I bet these tests are really scientific.

0:04:36 > 0:04:41We don't need a dopey test to tell US if people like us. ..Come on.

0:04:41 > 0:04:46"If you were a sandwich, your friends would be -

0:04:46 > 0:04:49"A) potato chips, B) diet soda, C) the plate?"

0:04:49 > 0:04:54- A!- If we end up eating our friends, do we fail the test?

0:04:54 > 0:04:59"Your idea of fun is - A) going to a big party, B) going shopping,

0:04:59 > 0:05:05"C) going to the library?" I like these tests!

0:05:05 > 0:05:08Question 2...

0:05:10 > 0:05:13Well, that's the end of that.

0:05:15 > 0:05:20That test was weird! Who thinks of their friends as potato chips?!

0:05:20 > 0:05:25- It was written for teenagers. They think differently.- It's scary.

0:05:25 > 0:05:29Sometimes I look at Katherine and think about being her age.

0:05:29 > 0:05:32I can't fall asleep for hours!

0:05:35 > 0:05:40- What are you doing?- I kind of wanted to see how likable I am.

0:05:40 > 0:05:44- Aren't you curious?- No.

0:05:44 > 0:05:46Well...maybe a little.

0:05:46 > 0:05:50Seven, eight, nine, ten, eleven...

0:05:50 > 0:05:54I scored twelve! "If you scored less than twenty,

0:05:54 > 0:06:00"you are too quiet. Nobody can like you cos nobody knows you're there."

0:06:00 > 0:06:02It's my worst nightmare!

0:06:02 > 0:06:06Binky...Buster...Muffy...

0:06:06 > 0:06:10- Where is Fern? She's been absent for four days.- Here I am.

0:06:10 > 0:06:13I'm gonna have to call her parents.

0:06:15 > 0:06:18This is so depressing.

0:06:18 > 0:06:20"The solution? Be strong.

0:06:20 > 0:06:25"Say what's on your mind whether anyone wants to hear you or not."

0:06:25 > 0:06:29My turn. I scored 125.

0:06:29 > 0:06:34- "If you scored over 100..." - You scored way over 100.

0:06:34 > 0:06:38"..you are too good to be true. You scare people with your excellence.

0:06:38 > 0:06:44- "Tone it down."- You ARE good at everything, Sue Ellen.

0:06:48 > 0:06:53- SHE PLAYS COMPLICATED SOLO - Yeah!

0:06:53 > 0:06:58What's the point?! I'll NEVER be as good as Sue Ellen!

0:07:00 > 0:07:02I'm frightened by her excellence!

0:07:02 > 0:07:06I might as well never blow again!

0:07:09 > 0:07:13But I don't get it! We have friends!

0:07:13 > 0:07:18- Why do they like us?- Well, this magazine is for teenagers,

0:07:18 > 0:07:21so it must be predicting our future.

0:07:22 > 0:07:26We have to change NOW or we'll be friendless!

0:07:26 > 0:07:28This morning, we focus on karate.

0:07:28 > 0:07:32Let's have a demonstration from our expert - Sue Ellen.

0:07:32 > 0:07:36Expert? Me? I'm only average! Or less.

0:07:36 > 0:07:39Buster, step on up.

0:07:39 > 0:07:44Me? Against her? ..Well...OK.

0:07:48 > 0:07:50I flipped Sue Ellen.

0:07:50 > 0:07:56- Wow! I flipped Sue Ellen! I must be good!- See? It's working.

0:07:56 > 0:07:58- If HE can do that,- I- can do that!

0:07:58 > 0:08:01Ohhh.

0:08:05 > 0:08:09This victory feels...hollow.

0:08:09 > 0:08:12- Don't you feel good about yourself? - You weren't trying!

0:08:15 > 0:08:18- Try ME!- Huh?

0:08:24 > 0:08:28You flipped Sue Ellen, but Fern flipped YOU!

0:08:28 > 0:08:32It feels like the world's turned upside down.

0:08:32 > 0:08:36Everyone's staring at us. That means we're likable.

0:08:36 > 0:08:41I hope you're right. I'm sore all over!

0:08:46 > 0:08:49Here's Sue Ellen. She'll know.

0:08:49 > 0:08:53Our group is weaving a futuristic fabric.

0:08:53 > 0:08:56Do you know any reliable loom techniques?

0:08:56 > 0:08:59Well, what I saw...

0:08:59 > 0:09:04Oh. Um...no. Any ideas you have would be much better than mine.

0:09:06 > 0:09:09Silver?! Puh-lease! Go with red!

0:09:09 > 0:09:15What's with them? Sue Ellen said our ideas are best, so do what I say.

0:09:17 > 0:09:22- Sue Ellen, you were going to show us how to make idiot phones.- Ideophones!

0:09:22 > 0:09:27I mean, that's what I thought the word was. I'm probably wrong.

0:09:27 > 0:09:29TING!

0:09:32 > 0:09:37- Is this right?- Er...yes! Excellent.

0:09:40 > 0:09:42Ow!

0:09:42 > 0:09:48OK, potato chips! I've decided I'LL read a poem. You can accompany me.

0:09:48 > 0:09:50Wait! When did we decide that?

0:09:50 > 0:09:55- You didn't!- I- did! This group need MY leadership!

0:09:55 > 0:09:59- This group doesn't need a leader. ..Right, Sue Ellen?- Well...

0:09:59 > 0:10:03Sue Ellen has no opinion on this!

0:10:03 > 0:10:08- If you want to boss people about, get your own group.- This used to be fun.

0:10:08 > 0:10:11Do you think I was strong enough?

0:10:11 > 0:10:15Oh, yes. They definitely know you're there now.

0:10:15 > 0:10:18This is working out well. Isn't it?

0:10:18 > 0:10:22Who does that Fern think she is anyway?

0:10:24 > 0:10:26Get this stuff off me.

0:10:26 > 0:10:30This is all Sue Ellen's fault. She sabotaged us.

0:10:33 > 0:10:37Binky, move! We have to finish our Trojan Horse!

0:10:37 > 0:10:41Why did she do it? Why? I don't understand.

0:10:41 > 0:10:45Sue Ellen wasn't making fun of you. Get up!

0:10:45 > 0:10:51She faked the fall. She doesn't even think I'm worth flipping any more!

0:10:57 > 0:11:02We're so good at being likable, everyone hates us.

0:11:02 > 0:11:05We followed what it said. How come we're not like this?

0:11:05 > 0:11:11- You did this because of that stupid magazine?- It said we're not likable.

0:11:11 > 0:11:15Did you answer that your friends were diet soda?

0:11:15 > 0:11:19- That magazine is goofy. - You don't think I'm too quiet?

0:11:19 > 0:11:22- Or I'm too good to be true?- No!

0:11:24 > 0:11:29Now, will you come in so we can do our project right?

0:11:39 > 0:11:41Yee-ah!

0:11:45 > 0:11:48Let's finish this horse!

0:11:51 > 0:11:54How can we split this? It won't cut.

0:11:54 > 0:11:57Success!

0:11:59 > 0:12:02Greeks rule and Trojans drool!

0:12:02 > 0:12:05THEY PLAY MUSIC

0:12:05 > 0:12:11I can't believe we acted so dumb! I like being good at what I do.

0:12:11 > 0:12:14And I HATE telling people what to do.

0:12:14 > 0:12:17How can anyone take a test like that seriously?

0:12:18 > 0:12:21"If you scored over 200..."

0:12:21 > 0:12:24Oh, I have a lot of work to do.

0:12:24 > 0:12:28According to this, I don't give out enough homework!

0:12:54 > 0:12:58Subtitles by Mary Easton BBC Scotland - 2001

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